Town Hall: TNG on AI

IAPE members are invited to join union siblings from The NewsGuild and other media unions on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. EST for a town hall to discuss recent developments in artificial intelligence affecting work in the media industry. To attend, register here.

Several major advances in artificial intelligence impact media work. The rise of technology like ChatGPT and DALL-E are raising complicated issues that must be addressed by workers and unions.

AI can be used to create videos, photos and articles that look like the real thing. It can be used as a tool to speed up work, but can pose risks as technology continues to develop. Unions are facing jurisdictional concerns as many employers have tried to include references to AI within contract language permitting outsourcing of work.

Join us Thursday for a town hall to explore these issues. This 90-minute town hall is open to all NewsGuild-CWA, NABET-CWA, Writers Guild of America East and National Writers Union leaders, members and staff. Register here.

(Please note: when registering select “1096 - Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees [IAPE]” as your NewsGuild-CWA Local.)

ICYMI: IAPE Survey Results
If you weren’t interested in Friday’s IAPE contract trivia email, you may have missed our note on results from recent member polls: the IAPE Satisfaction Survey and the 30 Issues contract survey.

Later this week, we will publish the results from our Wages & Hours survey. If you haven’t had a chance to answer these ten, short questions, please submit your responses today! (See your email for survey links.)

And if you were interested in Friday’s contract trivia email, but you haven’t had a chance to find the answer in the IAPE/DJ contract yet, you still have time! Members in good standing can enter until Thursday at 11:59 p.m. EST. Good luck!